Picture This by GPP

In short, Amsterdam in Rembrandt and Van Gogh.

Here are a few highlights:

Rembrandt's colours
Rembrandt's colours
Rembrandt’s palette
Rembrandt’s palette

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Local fruit colours
Local fruit colours
In Rembrandt’s house – so much for hanging paintings at eye level – unless you are very tall, but…
In Rembrandt’s house – so much for hanging paintings at eye level – unless you are very tall, but…
Beds were very short and...
Beds were very short and...
...a bit claustrophobic (bed inside cupboard!)
...a bit claustrophobic (bed inside cupboard!)
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1910 Portrait of the Art Collector Beffie by Jan Sluijters in the Van Gogh Museum.
...and a well fed Gerard Andriesz Bicker painted by Bartholomeus van der Helst.
Here is a well-fed Gerard Andriesz Bicker painted by Bartholomeus van der Helst.

Written by: Gladys Perint Palmer

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